Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 62 72
Rank change year-on-year -40 +10 -16
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 1,708 1,935 3,448
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.80% 4.26% 3.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.45% 4.62% 3.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,256 978 2,582
10th Percentile £46,939 £49,925 £43,300
25th Percentile £55,000 £58,750 £52,325
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.07% +11.54% -13.97%
75th Percentile £93,634 £95,000 £83,757
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £61,206
% change year-on-year -7.14% +14.37% -9.32%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 69,702 41,872 87,252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.38% 92.19% 82.13%
Number of salaries quoted 48,070 22,602 61,776
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,681 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.36% - -9.09%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 26 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 26 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -39 1,539 £75,000 +0.67% 456
UK excluding London -73 844 £65,000 -7.14% 321
Work from Home -26 759 £67,500 -3.57% 244
London -9 727 £85,000 +3.03% 218
North of England -44 332 £69,310 -4.40% 96
South East -26 228 £65,000 -7.14% 107
North West -52 182 £75,000 +3.45% 55
South West -66 88 £52,500 -23.39% 48
Midlands -66 86 £67,500 -1.82% 31
Yorkshire -33 77 £65,000 -13.18% 23
North East +15 73 £65,000 +2.36% 19
West Midlands -43 60 £80,000 +14.29% 20
East of England -22 45 £60,100 -3.84% 11
Wales -30 33 £70,000 +34.62% 12
Scotland -62 29 £60,000 -24.44% 15
East Midlands -60 25 £65,000 +1.96% 11
Northern Ireland -33 6 £62,500 +25.00% 7
Isle of Man - 3 £35,000 - 2

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 27 (1.58%) Confluence
2 24 (1.41%) Apache Spark
3 14 (0.82%) Apache
3 14 (0.82%) CMS
3 14 (0.82%) IIS
4 10 (0.59%) JBoss
5 9 (0.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 7 (0.41%) OpenStack
7 6 (0.35%) WordPress
8 5 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.29%) Drupal
8 5 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (0.23%) Camunda
9 4 (0.23%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.23%) nginx
10 3 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
10 3 (0.18%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.18%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.12%) DNN
11 2 (0.12%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (0.59%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.35%) PlantUML
3 5 (0.29%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
3 5 (0.29%) Oracle Retail
4 4 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.12%) Shopify
7 1 (0.059%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 921 (53.92%) AWS
2 744 (43.56%) Azure
3 319 (18.68%) GCP
4 261 (15.28%) Serverless
5 186 (10.89%) GitHub
6 177 (10.36%) SaaS
7 147 (8.61%) Azure DevOps
8 128 (7.49%) AWS Lambda
9 107 (6.26%) Amazon EKS
10 105 (6.15%) Amazon S3
11 91 (5.33%) AWS CloudFormation
12 77 (4.51%) Azure Service Bus
13 76 (4.45%) Amazon ECS
14 71 (4.16%) GitHub Copilot
15 67 (3.92%) Amazon EC2
16 61 (3.57%) Azure AKS
17 59 (3.45%) Amazon SQS
18 57 (3.34%) GitHub Actions
19 48 (2.81%) PaaS
20 45 (2.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 64 (3.75%) Broadband
2 24 (1.41%) Network Security
3 13 (0.76%) DMARC
4 12 (0.70%) MQTT
5 11 (0.64%) DNS
6 10 (0.59%) Internet
7 8 (0.47%) Firewall
7 8 (0.47%) Hyperconnected
7 8 (0.47%) VPN
8 7 (0.41%) AMQP
8 7 (0.41%) DHCP
9 6 (0.35%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (0.35%) HTTP
9 6 (0.35%) TCP/IP
10 5 (0.29%) LTE
10 5 (0.29%) RFID
11 3 (0.18%) Modbus
12 2 (0.12%) HTTPS
12 2 (0.12%) SNMP
12 2 (0.12%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 252 (14.75%) MongoDB
2 199 (11.65%) NoSQL
3 192 (11.24%) PostgreSQL
4 126 (7.38%) Elasticsearch
5 120 (7.03%) Azure SQL Database
6 106 (6.21%) MySQL
7 85 (4.98%) SQL Server
8 79 (4.63%) Relational Database
9 53 (3.10%) Redis
10 51 (2.99%) DynamoDB
11 49 (2.87%) Amazon RDS
12 28 (1.64%) Big Data
13 25 (1.46%) BigQuery
14 23 (1.35%) RDBMS
15 13 (0.76%) Pinecone
16 9 (0.53%) Data Lake
16 9 (0.53%) Db2
17 8 (0.47%) DTS
18 7 (0.41%) Geospatial Data
18 7 (0.41%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 200 (11.71%) Git
2 164 (9.60%) GitLab
3 135 (7.90%) Jenkins
4 58 (3.40%) TeamCity
5 52 (3.04%) JIRA
6 48 (2.81%) JUnit
7 39 (2.28%) Cucumber
8 31 (1.81%) Claude Code
8 31 (1.81%) Cypress.io
8 31 (1.81%) Mockito
9 29 (1.70%) CircleCI
10 28 (1.64%) Maven
11 19 (1.11%) Selenium
12 17 (1.00%) SonarQube
13 16 (0.94%) Vite
14 15 (0.88%) JMeter
15 14 (0.82%) Postman
16 12 (0.70%) REST Assured
17 9 (0.53%) Bitbucket
17 9 (0.53%) Spock
General
1 446 (26.11%) Finance
2 308 (18.03%) Social Skills
3 163 (9.54%) Banking
4 157 (9.19%) Public Sector
5 101 (5.91%) Retail
6 96 (5.62%) Analytical Skills
7 94 (5.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 91 (5.33%) Law
9 54 (3.16%) Financial Institution
10 49 (2.87%) Back Office
11 31 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
12 27 (1.58%) Marketing
12 27 (1.58%) Telecoms
13 18 (1.05%) Aerospace
14 17 (1.00%) Advertising
15 16 (0.94%) Billing
16 15 (0.88%) Legal
17 13 (0.76%) Games
18 12 (0.70%) Front Office
19 11 (0.64%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 600 (35.13%) Developer
2 401 (23.48%) Senior
3 345 (20.20%) Software Engineer
4 247 (14.46%) Lead
5 244 (14.29%) Architect
6 154 (9.02%) .NET Developer
7 145 (8.49%) Full-Stack Developer
8 137 (8.02%) Java Developer
9 123 (7.20%) Java Engineer
10 118 (6.91%) Senior Software Engineer
11 114 (6.67%) Senior Developer
12 95 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
13 85 (4.98%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 78 (4.57%) Principal Engineer
15 73 (4.27%) Software Developer
16 64 (3.75%) Lead Developer
17 57 (3.34%) DevOps Engineer
18 51 (2.99%) Senior Java Engineer
19 49 (2.87%) Java Software Engineer
20 44 (2.58%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 416 (24.36%) .NET
2 382 (22.37%) React
3 364 (21.31%) Node.js
4 285 (16.69%) Spring
5 269 (15.75%) RESTful
6 264 (15.46%) Spring Boot
7 229 (13.41%) REST
8 205 (12.00%) Kafka
9 178 (10.42%) ASP.NET
10 173 (10.13%) .NET Core
10 173 (10.13%) AngularJS
11 166 (9.72%) Vue
12 143 (8.37%) ASP.NET Core
13 87 (5.09%) HTML
14 85 (4.98%) ASP.NET Web API
15 84 (4.92%) .NET Framework
16 81 (4.74%) gRPC
17 80 (4.68%) CSS
18 76 (4.45%) Blazor
19 68 (3.98%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 517 (30.27%) Cloud Native
2 294 (17.21%) Distributed Systems
3 120 (7.03%) Product Ownership
4 84 (4.92%) Legacy Systems
5 75 (4.39%) Enterprise Software
6 51 (2.99%) Greenfield Project
7 46 (2.69%) Video\Live Streaming
8 45 (2.63%) Over-the-Top Content
9 37 (2.17%) Onboarding
10 34 (1.99%) Public Cloud
11 30 (1.76%) Algorithms
12 29 (1.70%) AI Agents
13 28 (1.64%) Data Structures
14 26 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
15 24 (1.41%) Distributed Architecture
15 24 (1.41%) e-Learning
16 23 (1.35%) Virtual Team
17 22 (1.29%) Legacy Applications
17 22 (1.29%) Mobile App
18 21 (1.23%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 101 (5.91%) Linux
2 44 (2.58%) Windows
3 20 (1.17%) Unix
4 7 (0.41%) CentOS
4 7 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.35%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.29%) Debian
6 5 (0.29%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.18%) AIX
7 3 (0.18%) Android
7 3 (0.18%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.059%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 866 (50.70%) CI/CD
2 754 (44.15%) Agile
3 627 (36.71%) DevOps
4 622 (36.42%) Software Engineering
5 480 (28.10%) Full-Stack Development
6 412 (24.12%) Containerisation
7 397 (23.24%) Mentoring
8 362 (21.19%) Test Automation
9 352 (20.61%) Event-Driven
10 341 (19.96%) AI
11 330 (19.32%) Infrastructure as Code
12 316 (18.50%) Continuous Improvement
13 295 (17.27%) Problem-Solving
14 234 (13.70%) Scrum
15 219 (12.82%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 209 (12.24%) Technical Leadership
17 202 (11.83%) TDD
18 196 (11.48%) Clean Code
19 194 (11.36%) Coaching
20 182 (10.66%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 563 (32.96%) Java
2 421 (24.65%) Python
3 420 (24.59%) SQL
4 411 (24.06%) C#
5 381 (22.31%) JavaScript
6 316 (18.50%) TypeScript
7 119 (6.97%) Go
8 49 (2.87%) Scala
9 44 (2.58%) PHP
10 42 (2.46%) Bash
10 42 (2.46%) C++
11 41 (2.40%) Ruby
12 25 (1.46%) C
13 24 (1.41%) Rust
14 23 (1.35%) Bicep
14 23 (1.35%) PowerShell
15 17 (1.00%) PL/SQL
16 14 (0.82%) Kotlin
17 11 (0.64%) Groovy
17 11 (0.64%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 206 (12.06%) Security Cleared
2 169 (9.89%) Degree
3 137 (8.02%) SC Cleared
4 80 (4.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 62 (3.63%) AWS Certification
6 35 (2.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 31 (1.81%) DV Cleared
8 26 (1.52%) CISSP
9 23 (1.35%) Azure Certification
10 19 (1.11%) Master's Degree
11 15 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
12 13 (0.76%) DBS Check
13 11 (0.64%) CISM
14 9 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
15 8 (0.47%) PhD
16 7 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
16 7 (0.41%) ISTQB
17 5 (0.29%) AWS Certified Developer
17 5 (0.29%) ISACA
17 5 (0.29%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (7.08%) QA
2 58 (3.40%) Accessibility
3 40 (2.34%) GDPR
4 39 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 24 (1.41%) NIST
5 24 (1.41%) PCI DSS
6 23 (1.35%) SOC 2
7 21 (1.23%) WCAG
8 17 (1.00%) NCSC
9 15 (0.88%) GRC
10 10 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
11 8 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
12 7 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 4 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
14 4 (0.23%) SEPA
15 3 (0.18%) Data Quality
15 3 (0.18%) IFRS
15 3 (0.18%) ISO 20022
15 3 (0.18%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 498 (29.16%) Docker
2 21 (1.23%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.23%) Firmware
4 3 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.059%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 534 (31.26%) Kubernetes
2 329 (19.26%) Terraform
3 94 (5.50%) Grafana
4 92 (5.39%) Ansible
5 53 (3.10%) Prometheus
6 23 (1.35%) Argo
7 21 (1.23%) Kibana
8 15 (0.88%) Puppet
9 13 (0.76%) Cilium
10 12 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
11 7 (0.41%) HP Fortify
12 4 (0.23%) Packer
12 4 (0.23%) Podman
13 3 (0.18%) Rancher
14 2 (0.12%) Istio
14 2 (0.12%) MIIS
14 2 (0.12%) Nagios
14 2 (0.12%) Opsgenie
14 2 (0.12%) Progress Chef
15 1 (0.059%) logstash
Vendors
1 242 (14.17%) Microsoft
2 71 (4.16%) Google
3 55 (3.22%) Oracle
4 45 (2.63%) Typelevel
5 32 (1.87%) OpenAI
6 24 (1.41%) Splunk
7 22 (1.29%) Dynatrace
8 17 (1.00%) AppDynamics
9 16 (0.94%) IBM
10 14 (0.82%) Databricks
11 13 (0.76%) Red Hat
11 13 (0.76%) SendGrid
12 12 (0.70%) Adobe
13 10 (0.59%) Salesforce
13 10 (0.59%) SAP
14 9 (0.53%) OneLogin
14 9 (0.53%) ServiceNow
15 8 (0.47%) Cisco
15 8 (0.47%) CrowdStrike
15 8 (0.47%) Guidewire